Gunmen kill 15 people after shooting ‘randomly’ in South Africa bar
Gunmen have shot dead 15 people and injured nine others in a tavern in the South African township of Soweto,...
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Blistering heat scorches Europe as wildfire injures 29 in Portugal
Forest fires in Portugal have left 29 people injured, as temperatures are predicted to reach up to 45C (113F) in...
British fighter jets in ‘high-end warfighting training’ with Finland and Sweden
The RAF has sent four Typhoons and two F-35Bs to Finland and Sweden for joint training exercises.It comes just weeks...
Sri Lanka’s president and PM to resign after thousands of protesters storm their homes
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka have broken through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence. In one of...
‘I overcame my fear a long time ago. I have only rage left’: Resistance and escape in occupied Ukraine
Whenever Oleksiy was planning a trip from his home in the occupied region of Kherson, he would come prepared with...
The village boy Gorbachev, whose democratic instinct and abhorrence of nuclear weapons changed the 20th century
Mikhail Gorbachev was a village boy of Russian-Ukrainian heritage who changed the course of 20th century history. A man whose...
The Taliban had promised ‘amnesty for all’ – but they are responsible for most violence against civilians
Ten months after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan and promised "amnesty for all", data suggests they are the largest...
UK to send ‘cutting edge’ rocket system to Ukraine despite Putin’s threat – as Zelenskyy visits front line
The UK will send a "cutting edge" rocket system to Ukraine to help troops fight back Russia's advance in the...
Ukraine’s defence minister ‘optimistic’ that war could end this year
Ukraine's defence minister has said it is "possible" that the war with Russia could be over by the end of...
Putin warns West: Russia will strike harder if longer-range missiles supplied
Kyiv was rocked by multiple explosions overnight after weeks of relative calm in Ukraine's capital, the city's mayor said.At least...
Russian troops ‘blowing up bridges’ to cut Ukrainian access to Severodonetsk
Ukrainian troops have recaptured a chunk of the city of Severodonetsk - a main focus of the Russian offensive and...
Boys with toy guns on checkpoints, while body hunters search for dead Russians – this war is crazy
Through the dust I can see the brake lights of a van we are following, light up.It's another checkpoint. We'd...
‘You are a Nazi’: Inside the village where torture and destruction by Russian soldiers leaves families broken
Boghdanivka is a small farming village on the road north from Kyiv to Chernihiv, just east of the Dnipro river.For...
Russia controls about 20% of Ukraine, Zelenskyy says as war enters its 100th day
The war in Ukraine has entered its 100th day, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admits that Russia now controls about 20%...
‘This has to stop’: Nightclub needle attacks across Europe puzzle authorities
More than 300 people in France have reported being pricked out of the blue with needles at nightclubs or concerts...
Ukraine’s World Cup challenge captivated its citizens briefly – but the war matters more
The Tartan Army applauded Ukraine's supporters as they filed out of Hampden. Win or lose, no-one here was forgetting the...
Biden to send missile system to Ukraine in U-turn – and issues nuclear warning to Russia
Joe Biden has announced the US will send medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine to aid its forces as they struggle...
‘I just want peace’: Ukrainians cling on to life in key city as savage bombardments intensify
The horizon in Lysychansk is now crowded with plumes of smoke from recently exploded shells.As we drive into the city...
Russians now control ‘around half’ of key Ukrainian city with ‘street-by-street fighting’ as UK warns gains are being held
Russian troops now control "around half" of the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, an official has said, with British intelligence warning...
EU agrees ban on three-quarters of Russian oil imports
The EU has agreed to ban around 75% of Russian oil imports.The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea...